Kashmir Earthquake Aftermath A girl from the quake affected Rangwad village sits near a fireplace in their makeshift tent near Pradeep Post, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 20, 2005. More than 1,350 people died and at least 140,000 people were left homeless after the 7.6-magnitude Oct. 8 earthquake in Kashmir. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)A family from the quake affected Rangwad village sits near a fireplace in their makeshift tent near Pradeep Post, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Alam Noor, left, and her daughter Praveena stand inside their quake damaged house in Gabra, about 195 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 22, 2005. Noor’s husband Naldeen Bhatt, partially deaf and nearly blind, subsists on whatever is offered to him by people of villages he travels through. Bhatt has not returned to his quake damaged house ever since the quake as he can do little to support his wife, two sons and three daughters. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Alam Noor, rear, and her children Praveena, foreground and her sister sit outside their quake damaged house in Gabra, about 195 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 22, 2005. Noor’s husband Naldeen Bhatt, partially deaf and nearly blind, subsists on whatever is offered to him by people of villages he travels through. Bhatt has not returned to his quake damaged house ever since the quake as he can do little to support his wife, two sons and three daughters. The govt. official accessing the damage to their house noted it as partially damaged, even though the house is damaged more from the inside and rear than it’s front facade. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)A refugee family from quake damaged Rangwad village sits near a fireplace in their makeshift tent near Pradeep Post, about 120 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Quake affected Nasreena Bano carries a sewing machine salvaged from the debris of her damaged house, background, in Tangdhar, about 180 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Earthquake victims fight over a sack of rice as others run towards a truck supplying relief, at the border village of Tangdhar, India, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005. More than 1,350 people have died and at least 140,000 people left homeless after the 7.6-magnitude Oct. 8 earthquake in Indian Kashmir. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)A quake survivor stands outside a quake damaged house in Gabra, about 195 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)A refugee family from quake damaged Rangwad village sits near a fireplace in their makeshift tent near Pradeep Post, about 120 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Quake affected children living in makeshift tents warm themselves at a fire in Dildar, about 185 kilometers (116 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. With Kashmir, the region at the center of tragedy, also at the heart of India and PakistanÕs rivalry, the two neighbors have traded offers and counteroffers as they try to forge a joint relief effort, bringing them tantalizingly close to a diplomatic breakthrough. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Begum Askar, left, Shaheeda, right, and Waheeda look out from their tent, shared amongst a family of six at a relief camp near Kalgie, about 110 kilometers (69 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005. The Oct. 8 earthquake has killed more than 1,350 people and left about 140,000 homeless in Indian Kashmir. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)Naldeen Bhatt, right, also called ‘Chacha’, or uncle, recites poetry to a group of children inside a makeshift tent of quake victims in Dildar, about 185 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, India, Oct. 22, 2005. Bhatt, partially deaf and nearly blind, subsists on whatever is offered to him by people of villages he travels through. Bhatt has not returned to his quake damaged house in Gabra, about 10 kilometers from Dildar ever since the quake as he can do little to support his wife, two sons and three daughters. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) Back Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)